Craig-Olsen Inc.: Fashion Design

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

MAG RAGS FOR THE HOME!

***Kendra is blogging this week about her favorite online design magazines!!

One of my new fav pastimes is reading and browsing through online magazines. Living in Los Angeles I must drive past at least 4 newsstands a day but do I ever really wanna pull my big suburban out of the flow of traffic and stop? Do I have time? Is there ever a parking spot right in front to fit said ridiculously large vehicle? No, No, and of course not!

I thought I would share with you all some of my top picks:

#1 for me is High Gloss!
Of course the name drew me in first and foremost but I do love the mix of furniture and fashion and the latest Issue is all about L.A.! Yay!

http://www.highglossmagazine.com/issues

Coming in at a VERY close 2^nd and fairly new to the online mag game is Ivy and Piper.
Funny enough Ivy and Piper actually remind me of myself and Craig. We both have a very different design style that when put together is also very cohesive and I gotta say produces some fab results!

http://www.ivyandpiper.com.au/

#3 is Adore Home!
This is Australia’s 1^st online home magazine and lemme tell ya, those Aussie’s really know their stuff! Check out their Urban Road page where they show you all kinds of cool canvas art prints.
Oh, P.S. You can get this look by stretching a really cool textile over a canvas for instant room va-voom!

http://www.adoremagazine.com/

Rue is great because it covers interiors, fashion, great shopping places, outdoor design, food, awesome giveaways and great stuff to download from do it yourself invitation that are way cute or playlists.

http://www.ruemag.com/

Last but quite obviously not least is Lonny! Check her out!

http://www.lonnymag.com/issues/31-sept-oct-2011/pages/1

Go ahead- waste a few creative hours!!!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Furniture Follows Fashion

We had a very exciting weekend at our furniture and design showroom on La Brea as we proudly hosted the 2011 fall line for LA fashion designer, ANTHONY FRANCO.

Anthony Franco - Fashion Designer, Craig Olsen & Kendra Kay - Interior Designers

The showroom floor was cleared out to make way for the 400 plus guests and media that attended the event, minus a few fashion forward seating vignettes of course!

The show opened with a stunning Winter White Cashmere Tux.

This chair, an original design of mine was inspired by the classic 40's Klismo's chair and mimics the strength and flow of this pants suit.

What I love about Anthony Franco's clothing designs is the details and the journey each piece takes you on. When you see his clothing you know this is somebody who has power, style and confidence.

When I'm designing a piece of furniture or a complete space I adhere to that very same philosophy...

Anthony Franco gives us something different, exciting and whimsical in every design he creates. For example the cashmere sweater pants (Tony, send me a pair - size small of course!)